The 3 day gorilla tour takes you gorillas trekking to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, with another The three-day gorilla tour takes you gorillas trekking to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, with another opportunity to see over 10 other primates including chimpanzees, black and white colobus, red tailed monkeys, etc. Bwindi Impenetrable NP is a natural world heritage site. Hikers will love it, with the gorilla excursion as a high point of your safari! The gorilla excursion can take from 2 up to 8 hours. Expect to walk along distance in steep and muddy conditions, sometimes with rain overhead, before you encounter any gorillas. A good physical condition is recommended. For conservation purposes, time spent with the gorillas is limited to one hour.

Day 1: Briefing on the safari, transfer to Bwindi impenetrable Forest, southwestern Uganda for your gorilla trek
Meet and greet with our company guide/driver over breakfast, and then after drive heading to southwestern Uganda. En route, there is a local community popular for making local drums and crafts and a fruit market. Stopover, admire and buy yourself souvenirs. Proceed to the Equator line taken as one beautiful scenery in Africa - the pathway of the sun and take photographs.
Pass by mountains, tropical rainforest and bamboo forest during the nine hour journey.
Overnight atUp-market option: Buhoma Lodge/ Mahogany Springs Lodge Moderate option: Engagi Lodge/ Silverback Lodge / Gorilla Safari Lodge/ Lake Kitandara Camp,Ruhija gorilla safari lodgeLow Budget option: Buhoma Community Restcamp or Ruhija Gorilla Friends / gorilla valley lodge /Travellers hotel
Meals Included today: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner at the Lodge.

Day 2: Gorilla trekking (Bwindi Impenetrable NP), Tracking the Mountain Gorillas and other primates
Today enjoy gorilla tracking in Bwindi. After breakfast, proceed for the morning briefing before enjoying the highlight of the trip- Gorilla trekking, which may last the entire day. We trek the gorillas through the rainforest and bamboo covered slopes, accompanied by a guide and trackers, in search of a mountain gorilla family. The walking can sometimes be tough and long, but when you catch a glimpse of the magnificent silverback, any discomforts will be quickly forgotten. When the gorillas are sighted, visitors will be guided to within 6 metres from the gorillas, sit around them for a whole hour while gazing into their big round eyes.

Gorilla trekking is unpredictable. It's difficult to foresee how many hours you will hike. The gorilla excursion can take from 2 up to 8 hours. Expect to walk along distance in steep and muddy conditions, sometimes with rain overhead, before you encounter any gorillas. A good physical condition is recommended. For conservation purposes, time spent with the gorillas is limited to one hour. A ranger will brief you on how to behave with the gorillas.Overnight at Up-market option: Buhoma Lodge/ Mahogany Springs Lodge Moderate option: Engagi Lodge/ Silverback Lodge / Gorilla Safari Lodge/ Lake Kitandara Camp,Ruhija gorilla safari lodgeLow Budget option: Buhoma Community Restcamp or Ruhija Gorilla Friends / gorilla valley lodge /Travellers hotel Meals Included today: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner at the Lodge.Day 3: Depart for Kampala/ Entebbe for your evening flight
We set out early in the morning and head for Kampala. This route travels through breathtaking scenery and delightfully rolling plantations, some of the best in Uganda. Depending on how much time we have on us we can tour around Kampala’s crafts and souvenirs markets before checking in at your hotel or being transferred to the airport.

Tour cost includes: Gorillas tracking permit, all park entrance and related fees, Full board accommodation with all meals (breakfast, lunch and dinner), bottled drinking water on safari, private 4x4 ground transportation with an English speaking driver guide, guides in national parks.

Excluded: Flight tickets and departure taxes, travel documentation (visas), travel and medical insurance, optional excursions, tips and gratuities for your guides and accommodation staff, Laundry, beverages other than mineral water in the vehicle and at meal times with meals, -Items of a personal nature such as telephone calls, postage fees and so on.

Explore the pearl of Africa with GTBS ( Gorilla Tour Booking Safaris Ltd). We are happy to inform you that you will go the parks listed below; Kibale Forest, Bwindi Impenetrable Forest, plus Queen Elizabeth National Park. Some of the animals you will see are: Mountain gorillas, hippos, Leopards, Chimpanzees, Lions, Antelopes, Monkeys, crocodiles, Buffaloes, elephants Zebras plus a profusion of birds.

Detailed Itinerary Day 1: Arrival
Upon arrival at Entebbe international airport, you will be met by our company guide who will welcome you and transfer you to your hotel in Kampala for dinner and overnight stay atUp-market option: Sheraton or Serena HotelModerate option: Grand Imperial, Cassia LodgeLow Budget option: Namirembe Guest HouseMeals Included today: Lunch and Dinner at the Lodge.

Day 2: Transfer to Kibale National Park
Early in the morning after breakfast at your hotel, drive towards Fort portal via Mubende to the rolling hills of Kibale. The journey will provide you with good sceneries of lush, farms and homesteads as you head to the park. You will have a lunch break enroute and reach Kibale NP in the late afternoon. Dinner and overnight atUp-market option: Kyaninga Lodge or Ndali Lodge / primate lodge kibale / Kibale safari lodgeModerate option:Kibale Forest CampLow Budget option: Chimpanzee Forest Guesthouse; Meals Included today: Lunch and Dinner at the Lodge.

Day 3: Chimpanzee Tracking & Bigodi Swamp Tour
Early morning after breakfast, go for chimpanzee tracking in the forest. The search for chimps will also provide you with an opportunity to see other primates, for instance, the Bush babies, colobus monkeys, Mangabeys, pottos and many more. You will then have lunch and proceed to Bigodi swamp in the afternoon to look out for stunning flora and fauna.Dinner and overnight

Day 4: Transfer to Queen Elizabeth national park
After breakfast enjoy a 3 hours scenic drive east of Rwenzori Mountains reaching Mweya in time for your lunch, proceeding for a boat cruise along the Kazinga Channel – a sanctuary of different bird species, about 80% of the wildlife in Queen Elizabeth national park can be found along this Channel.Overnight at Up-market option: Mweya Safari Lodge / Katara Lodge or Jacana Lodge / Enganzi lodge (luxury) Moderate option: Queen Elizabeth Safari Lodge or Simba Safari CampLow Budget option: Mweya Hostels or Kazinga Channel Lodge; Meals Included today: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner at the Lodge.

Day 5: Game drive – Kyambura Gorge Chimps Tracking
After early morning breakfast, head out for a game drive towards the Kasenyi track. Lions and other predators are spotted feasting on the big herds of different antelope species. In the afternoon, a chimpanzee trek in Kyambura Gorge or a forest walk in the Maramagambo forest to the Python Cave can be arranged for you.Overnight at Up-market option: Mweya Safari Lodge / Katara Lodge or Jacana Lodge / Enganzi lodge (luxury) Moderate option: Queen Elizabeth Safari Lodge or Simba Safari CampLow Budget option: Mweya Hostels or Kazinga Channel Lodge; Meals Included today: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner at the Lodge.

Day 6: Transfer to Bwindi National Park
You will head to Bwindi Impenetrable NP through the Ishasha sector where you will see a variety of wild animals such as tree-climbing lions, Uganda Kob, Topi, elephants and many more. You will reach late in the afternoon and go aboard on a walk in the neighboring community if interested. Overnight atUp-market option: Buhoma Lodge/ Mahogany Springs Lodge Moderate option: Engagi Lodge/ Silverback Lodge / Gorilla Safari Lodge/ Camp, RuhijaLow Budget option: Buhoma Community Restcamp or Ruhija Gorilla Friends / gorilla valley lodge /Travellers hotel Meals Included today: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner at the Lodge.

Day 7: Bwindi Gorilla Trekking
After a morning breakfast go for gorilla trekking in the forest. First you will have a briefing at the park headquarters before the actual gorilla tracking activity. You will start the tracking at 9:00 am as you penetrate the thick forest in search of this endangered gorilla species – the mountain gorilla. The time taken to find these apes will depend on their movement, however the estimates of the time taken is 2-9 hours. The activity is wearying but the satisfaction derived from viewing these animals play, feed and interact will mark the highlight of your visit. Dinner and

Saturday, 17 December 2016

The 10 days Uganda safari perfectly offers opportunity to visit the most important and untamed wildlife Parks in Uganda; Murchison Falls, Queen Elizabeth Kibale national park,Lake mburo national park and Bwindi Impenetrable Forest; Home of Gorillas and other primates.

Itinerary Day1: Kampala-Murchison Falls National Park
Have breakfast from your hotel and after meet our breakfast, you will meet with your driver/guide and then drive through the famous Luwero triangle. (You can choose to visit and track White Rhinos

at Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary at $40/ per person. This sanctuary has now been established to breed black and white rhino, and restore Rhino populations in Uganda's protected areas in a later stage.)
Take a stop-over at Masindi hotel for lunch. We will continue through the park stopping at the top of the falls which is a fantastic sight. Here the Nile, the longest river in the world, is forced through a narrow gap in the rock (only 7 meters wide), before ferociously plunging down 43 meters. From here we will continue onto our accommodation place along the Nile river.

Day2: Game drive & Boat ride
Have breakfast or an early morning cup of coffee, take morning game drive looking for several wildlife species like the lions, leopards, buffaloes, elephants, water and bush bucks, warthogs, bush pigs, Uganda Kobs and other types of antelopes. This experience takes 3-4 hours, after return to the lodge for the refreshment and lunch. Thereafter in the afternoon take the unforgettable boat cruise along the River Nile towards to the River falls and while on cruise expect the clear view and panoramic photographs of wildlife and birds along the shores of the channel. Thereafter return to the lodge for dinner and overnight, Accommodation options available (all on full board basis)Up-market: Paraa Safari Lodge or Nile Safari Lodge Moderate: Sambiya River Lodge Low Budget: Red Chilli Rest Camp or fort murchison

Day3: Murchison Falls-Kibale Forest National Park
After breakfast embark our safari vehicle and transfer to Kibale forest via the southern part of Murchison falls national park through the rift valley escarpments with the take of unforgettable photographs of this region. Lunch en-route with an evening amazing view of the fabled mountain of the moon. Overnight at Up-market option: Kyaninga Lodge or Ndali Lodge / primate lodge kibale / Kibale safari lodgeModerate option:Kibale Forest CampLow Budget option: Chimpanzee Forest Guesthouse; Meals Included today: Lunch and Dinner at the Lodge.

Day4: Chimpanzee Trekking &Bigodi Walk
After breakfast, head to the park headquarters for briefing about the chimpanzees and the forest as well, after the briefing you will be allocated in groups with a park guide and then enter into the forest to look for the primates and when you meet them take photos and videos. The experience takes 4-5 hours in the forest and then return to lodge for lunch, evening prepare for unforgettable walk in the Magombe/Bigodi swamp to look for the rare shoe bill and other primates like the sitatungas, white and black Columbus, vervet monkeys. Dinner and overnight as above, meal plan: F/B

Leave the National Park after breakfast and drive to Fort Portal. You will visit the Amabere caves in Nyakasura area. This is the traditional home of the Bachwezi who were believed to be demi-gods. This area still has historical regalia of the Bachwezi that helps one in understanding the life they lived while still on earth (they later disappeared). You will then take a nature walk to the crater lakes whose history is associated with the mysterious Bachwezi. We incorporate some crater lake hikes into our this program. You will be simply by amazed by the beauty of these ancient and not ancient crater lakes found in the Fort Portal area

Afterwards, we drive to Queen Elizabeth National Park this morning (about 3 hours driving). Leaving through Fort Portal town, you turn south and early this afternoon enter Queen Elizabeth National Park, which is dominated on its northern border by the snow-capped 16,000-foot Rwenzori Mountains-the famed "Mountains of the Moon". This 767-square-mile conservation area is bordered on the North East by Lake George and on the South West by Lake Edward; its western border adjoins the Zaire Parc Du Virunga. You will expect to see teeming herds of impala-like Uganda Kob, as well as topi, elephant and lion, giant forest hog, Cape buffalo. There are also several soda lakes filling ancient volcanic calderas where flamingos reside seasonally.Overnight at Up-market option: Mweya Safari Lodge / Katara Lodge or Jacana Lodge / Enganzi lodge (luxury) Moderate option: Queen Elizabeth Safari Lodge or Simba Safari CampLow Budget option: Mweya Hostels or Kazinga Channel Lodge; Meals Included today: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner at the Lodge.

Day 6: Safari in Queen Elizabeth National Park, Game drive, boat trip on Kazinga Channel
We set out early in the morning for a game drive in the northern part of the park on the Kasenyi Track in search of lions, elephants, solitary buffaloes. This is the best time for opportunities of viewing the cats in action owing to the vast population of Uganda Kobs. We have an excellent chance to view just about every animal here at very close range. In the afternoon we will go for a launch trip along the Kazinga Channel. This gives you the opportunity to view wildlife up close: hippo’s huff and spray very close from the boat, buffalo linger in the shallow; elephants watering, and many other wildlife. At least 80% of the wildlife in Queen Elizabeth national park can be found along this Channel. The shores of the channel are also home to an array of birds including pink backed pelicans, pied and malachite kingfishers, saddle billed stork and many others.Overnight at Up-market option: Mweya Safari Lodge / Katara Lodge or Jacana Lodge / Enganzi lodge (luxury) Moderate option: Queen Elizabeth Safari Lodge or Simba Safari CampLow Budget option: Mweya Hostels or Kazinga Channel Lodge; Meals Included today: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner at the Lodge.

Day 7: Ishasha Sector for tree-climbing lions, and transfer to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
We drive through the Ishasha sector in search for the tree-climbing lions. Nowhere in Africa do you stand a better chance of seeing this than in the large low limbed fig trees of Ishasha. This game drive en route will expose you to some of the animals that you might have missed seeing while on your game drives in Kasenyi and Queens Mile.
Afterwards, we head towards the breathtaking adventures of Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park.Overnight atUp-market option: Buhoma Lodge/ Mahogany Springs Lodge Moderate option: Engagi Lodge/ Silverback Lodge / Gorilla Safari Lodge/ Camp, RuhijaLow Budget option: Buhoma Community Restcamp or Ruhija Gorilla Friends / gorilla valley lodge /Travellers hotel Meals Included today: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner at the Lodge.

Day 8: Gorilla trekking (Bwindi Impenetrable NP) other primates
You will surely enjoy these two days! After breakfast, proceed for the morning briefing before enjoying the highlight of the trip- Gorilla trekking, which may last the entire day. We trek through the rainforest and bamboo covered slopes, accompanied by a guide and trackers, in search of a mountain gorilla family. The walking can sometimes be tough and long, but when you catch a glimpse of the magnificent silverback, any discomforts will be quickly forgotten. When sighted, visitors will be guided to within 6 metres from the gorillas, sit around them for a whole hour while gazing into their big round eyes.
Gorilla trekking is unpredictable. It's difficult to foresee how many hours you will hike. The gorilla excursion can take from 2 up to 8 hours. Expect to walk along distance in steep and muddy conditions, sometimes with rain overhead, before you encounter any gorillas. A good physical condition is recommended. For conservation purposes, time spent with the gorillas is limited to one hour. A ranger will brief you on how to behave with the gorillas.

While most of today's forests are no more than 12,000 years old, Bwindi's vegetation has been weaving itself into tangles over at least 25,000 years, in the process accumulating a lengthy species list. This includes 310 species of butterfly, 51 reptiles, 200 trees, 88 moths and an exceptional 120 types of mammal including 10 primates. The latter includes chimpanzee, L'Hoest's, red tailed and blue monkey, black and white colobus, baboon, and Bwindi's most famous resident, the mountain gorilla. Bwindi is a prime destination for birdwatchers. Its 350 species include seven which are IUCN red data listed and 90% of all Albertine rift endemics, species which are difficult or impossible to see in any other part of East Africa.
Overnight atUp-market option: Buhoma Lodge/ Mahogany Springs Lodge Moderate option: Engagi Lodge/ Silverback Lodge / Gorilla Safari Lodge/ Camp, RuhijaLow Budget option: Buhoma Community Restcamp or Ruhija Gorilla Friends / gorilla valley lodge /Travellers hotel Meals Included today: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner at the Lodge.

Day 9: Depart from the Gorilla Tracking Park, Drive to Lake Mburo National Park for zebras, Eland, Hippos, etc.
We drive east to Mbarara, now one of Uganda’s major towns, but formerly capital of Ankole kingdom for over 400 years until disbanded by independence in 1962. In the days before modern Uganda came into being, the area had a series of fiercely independent tribal states. The once nomadic Bahima people, part of Bantu-speaking Ankole kingdom, are renowned for the particular bond they forge with their unique, long-horned Ankole cattle. These hardy cattle respond to their individual names when called by their male herder; he in turn lives in close harmony with them. From here you continue to Lake Mburo, a small but picturesque national park renowned for its herds of antelope and one of the only two Ugandan parks home to Buchell’s zebra. The park is also especially good for acacia-associated bird.Accommodation options available (all on full board basis) Up-market: Mihingo Lodge / Mantana Tented Camp/ Archadia CottagesModerate: Lake Mburo Safari Lodge/ Rakobo RockLow Budget: Rwonyo Campsite

Rise early for breakfast before a short drive to the Rwonyo Park Headquarters. This has often been a good chance of seeing hyenas coming back to their dens, hippos walking back to the water, you will see buffalo, zebra, impala and topi and with a bit of luck maybe even a sitatunga, an antelope rarely seen living in the papyrus swamps. After your early morning activities, return the lodge for a late breakfast on the wooden decking overlooking the water hole. Before lunch you can relax at the pool, the bar area or enjoy the privacy of your room.
In the afternoon we bid farewell to the park’s friendly staff as we depart for Kampala. We drive through a magnificent hilly country and lush cultivation on an approximately four-hour journey. En route we will stop at the Equator for photographs and ‘polar-water experiment', then a local community popular for making local drums (Mpabire Village), gardens, crafts shops and fruit markets.

Day 1: Meet and greet with your driver/guide at Entebbe airport and after you will be driven to Kibale national park.

Briefing on the safari before we drive westwards towards Fort Portal to the Kibale Forest National Park (about 6 hours). Traveling on both asphalt and unpaved roads, you pass through traditional Ugandan Villages where you see people at work tending their traditional crops of millet, sorghum, beans and maize. The lush rolling hills of this region provide good "photo opportunities". As you approach Fort Portal in the foothills of the Rwenzori Mountains, you enter Uganda's famous tea plantation region. A carpet of green spreads before you, as far as the eye can see, and seems an unusual contrast to the countryside through which you have just passed. You arrive at Fort Portal, then, continue toward Kibale Forest, one of the great African rainforest research reserves. Years of study by scientists (who have cut a grid through the forest) have habituated many of its animals to human observers. This forest is famed for the variety of primates found here and it is a terrific area for birds. This rural Ugandan town (Fort Portal) is locally famous for its weaving and basketry, and we can spend some time briefly to examine some of this local art.

Day 2: Chimpanzee tracking in Kibale national park and after we drive to Queen Elizabeth national park.
Assemble at Kanyankyu River camp at 0800hours to go for the most popular activity in this park which is Chimpanzee tracking. Chimpanzees are man’s closet cousins though they are one of the most threatened primate’s species. More primates like Black and white Columbus monkeys, L’Hoest Monkeys, Grey cheecked Mangabey, Red tailed monkeys, bush babies, pottos and many bird species like the yellow spotted nicator, rumped tinker bird, Little greenbul, green breasted pitta, the crowned eagle, black bee eater and mammals like Elephants can be seen in this walk.
Kibale National park, which averages about 3,300 feet in elevation, is an extension of the great rainforests of central Africa. It is inhabited by three large “communities” of chimps, each numbering more than 100 individuals. Each community has a complicated social structure. The big adult males dominate the group and defend the community territory against incursions by male outsiders; the females usually wander in small family groups.

Typically, we locate the chimps by listening for their pant-hooting calls, then hustle to the area from which they are calling. We get to observe them as they feed in fruiting trees, lounge, and socialize with each other, or even, occasionally hunt. Afterwards, we drive to Queen Elizabeth National Park this morning (about 3 hours driving). Leaving through Fort Portal town, you turn south and early this afternoon enter Queen Elizabeth National Park, which is dominated on its northern border by the snow-capped 16,000-foot Rwenzori Mountains-the famed "Mountains of the Moon". This 767-square-mile conservation area is bordered on the North East by Lake George and on the South West by Lake Edward; its western border adjoins the Zaire Parc Du Virunga. You will expect to see teeming herds of impala-like Uganda Kob, as well as topi, elephant and lion, giant forest hog, Cape buffalo. There are also several soda lakes filling ancient volcanic calderas where flamingos reside seasonally.

Day 3: Game Drive and Boat Ride in Queen Elizabeth National ParkEarly morning game drives to see more animals that
habit this park, that include predators’ lion. Leopard and other game.
Over 500 bird species have been identified here, making it a Mecca for
bird-watchers. They include the black bee-eater, 11 different species
of kingfisher and several falcons, eagles and other raptors. Queen
Elizabeth National is one of the most outstanding treasures of Uganda,
and has been designated a Biosphere Reserve for Humanity under UNESCO
auspices. It borders on Lake George and Lake Edward as well as Kazinga
Channel in the western area of the Great Rift Valley escarpment. After
lunch take a 2-hour launch cruise on the Kazinga
channel. This waterway joins Lakes Edward and George and it is
filled with schools of hippos, buffaloes with elephants at the
banks. This launch cruise offers an excellent platform for
photography, bird watching and game viewing. The prolific bird
life is colorful and stupendous with well over 550 resident
species.

Day 4: Ishasha Sector for tree-climbing lions, and transfer to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
We drive through the Ishasha sector in search for the tree-climbing lions. Nowhere in Africa do you stand a better chance of seeing this than in the large low limbed fig trees of Ishasha. This game drive en route will expose you to some of the animals that you might have missed seeing while on your game drives in Kasenyi and Queens Mile. Afterwards, we head towards the breathtaking adventures of Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park.Overnight at Up-market option: Buhoma Lodge/ Mahogany Springs Lodge Moderate option: Engagi Lodge/ Silverback Lodge / Gorilla Safari Lodge/ Camp, Ruhija Low Budget option: Buhoma Community Restcamp or Ruhija Gorilla Friends / gorilla valley lodge /Travellers hotel Meals Included today: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner at the Lodge.

Day 5 : Bwindi Gorilla tracking
After breakfast set off early with guides to track the
gorillas. The thrill of your encounter will erase the difficulties of
the potentially strenuous trek. Bring jungle boots and rain jackets
because the park is often wet. Spend time in awe watching the gorillas
go about their activities. Each gorilla safari encounter is different
and has its own rewards, but you are likely to enjoy the close view of
adults feeding, grooming and resting as the youngsters frolic and swing
from vines in a delightfully playful display.
Bwindi Impenetrable Forest is a magnificent green swathe of
dense rainforest, so ancient that survived the last ice age. A recently
proclaimed World Heritage site, it's one of the most biologically
diverse areas on
earth and its unique, precious flora sustains roughly half
of the world population of mountain gorillas - believed to number just
720. There's also a substantial chimpanzee population and research
shows that Bwindi is the only forest in Africa in which these two apes
live together.

Day 6: Early breakfast our driver/guide will takes to Kampala / Entebbe Airport

Included : Complementary arrival and departure airport transfers, gorilla trek permits, chimps tracking permit, other game viewing permits, meals indicated on programme, drinking water, experienced driver/guide, accommodation as per programme, park fees for the various parks, transport on tour as well as hotel transfers, entrance fees for tours mentioned in the programme, boat rides as on the program, Equator.

Excluded : Tips for drivers and other staff, bank charges involved, flight tickets and departure taxes, travel documentation (visas), travel and medical insurance, optional excursion, beverages other than mineral water in the vehicle, Meals not indicated on your detailed itinerary

The 2 Days Kibale Chimpanzee Safari takes you Kibale National Park a home to 13 primates with the great chimpanzees and it is at this forest you find most of the chimpanzee in the Africa and here you can experience the chimpanzee trekking and the chimpanzee habituation. Other primates found here while trekking chimpanzee includes the white and black Columbus, vervets, red tailed monkeys and the manageably, while on your 2 days chimpanzee trekking you can experience the Bigodi walk where you can spot the rare shoe bill and other primates like the sitatungas.

Day1: Kampala-Kibale Forest National Park
Have your breakfast from your hotel and thereafter meet our guide and transfer to western Uganda via Mubende-Fort portal highway with en-route stop to some local markets along the high way shopping some African snacks and also easy yourself. Then after drive past the beautiful tea plantation terrains and part of Kibale forest heading to Fort portal town for your lunch, After lunch
evening prepare for unforgettable walk in the Magombe/Bigodi swamp to look for the rare shoe bill and other primates like the sitatungas, white and black Columbus, vervet monkeys.Accommodation options available (all on full board basis) Up-market: Kyaninga Lodge or Primate Lodge Kibale or Ndali LodgeModerate: Kibale Forest Camp Low Budget: Chimpanzee Forest GuesthouseSee other Lodging options in or near to Kibale / Fort Portal

Day2: Chimpanzee Trekking
After breakfast, head to the park headquarters for briefing about the chimpanzees and the forest as well, after the briefing you will be allocated in groups with a park guide and then enter into the forest to look for the primates and when you meet them take photos and videos. Depart from the Chimps Trek Park Kibale, transfer to Kampala/Entebbe

Day 1: From Entebbe Airport, tour briefing; drive to Kibale National Park

We drive westwards towards Fort Portal to the Kibale Forest National Park (about 5 hours). Traveling on both asphalt and unpaved roads, you pass through traditional Ugandan Villages where you see people at work tending their traditional crops of millet, sorghum, beans and maize. The lush rolling hills of this region provide good photo opportunities. As you approach Fort Portal in the foothills of the Rwenzori Mountains, you enter Uganda's famous tea plantation region. A carpet of green spreads before you, as far as the eye can see, and seems an unusual contrast to the countryside through which you have just passed. You arrive at Fort Portal, then, continue toward Kibale Forest, one of the great African rainforest research reserves. Years of study by scientists (who have cut a grid through the forest) have habituated many of its animals to human observers. This forest is famed for the variety of primates found here and it is a terrific area for birds. Overnight atUp-market option: Kyaninga Lodge or Ndali Lodge / primate lodge kibale / Kibale safari lodgeModerate option: Kibale Forest CampLow Budget option: Chimpanzee Forest Guesthouse;Meals Included today: Lunch and Dinner at the Lodge.(Driving time ± 6hrs on mainly surfaced roads

Day 2: Chimpanzee tracking, tracking over 12 primates in Kibale National Park
Assemble at Kanyankyu River camp at 0800hours to go for the most popular activity in this park which is Chimpanzee tracking. Chimpanzees are man’s closet cousins though they are one of the most threatened primate’s species. More primates like Black and white Columbus monkeys, L’Hoest Monkeys, Grey cheecked Mangabey, Red tailed monkeys, bush babies, pottos and many bird species like the yellow spotted nicator, rumped tinker bird, Little greenbul, green breasted pitta, the crowned eagle, black bee eater and mammals like Elephants can be seen in this walk.
Kibale National park, which averages about 3,300 feet in elevation, is an extension of the great rainforests of central Africa. It is inhabited by three large “communities” of chimps, each numbering more than 100 individuals. Each community has a complicated social structure. The big adult males dominate the group and defend the community territory against incursions by male outsiders; the females usually wander in small family groups.
Typically, we locate the chimps by listening for their pant-hooting calls, then hustle to the area from which they are calling. We get to observe them as they feed in fruiting trees, lounge, and socialize with each other, or even, occasionally hunt.Overnight atUp-market option: Kyaninga Lodge or Ndali Lodge / primate lodge kibale / Kibale safari lodgeModerate option: Kibale Forest CampLow Budget option: Chimpanzee Forest Guesthouse;Meals Included today: Lunch and Dinner at the Lodge.

Leave the National Park after breakfast and drive to Fort Portal. You will visit the Amabere caves in Nyakasura area. This is the traditional home of the Bachwezi who were believed to be demi-gods. This area still has historical regalia of the Bachwezi that helps one in understanding the life they lived while still on earth (they later disappeared). You will then take a nature walk to the crater lakes whose history is associated with the mysterious Bachwezi. We incorporate some crater lake hikes into our this program. You will be simply by amazed by the beauty of these ancient and not ancient crater lakes found in the Fort Portal area
Afterwards, we drive to Queen Elizabeth National Park this morning (about 3 hours driving). Leaving through Fort Portal town, you turn south and early this afternoon enter Queen Elizabeth National Park, which is dominated on its northern border by the snow-capped 16,000-foot Rwenzori Mountains-the famed "Mountains of the Moon". This 767-square-mile conservation area is bordered on the North East by Lake George and on the South West by Lake Edward; its western border adjoins the Zaire Parc Du Virunga. You will expect to see teeming herds of impala-like Uganda Kob, as well as topi, elephant and lion, giant forest hog, Cape buffalo. There are also several soda lakes filling ancient volcanic calderas where flamingos reside seasonally.Overnight atUp-market option: Mweya Safari Lodge / Katara Lodge or Jacana Lodge / Enganzi lodge (luxury) Moderate option: Queen Elizabeth Safari Lodge or Simba Safari CampLow Budget option: Mweya Hostels or Kazinga Channel Lodge;Meals Included today: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner at the Lodge. (Driving time to Bush Lodge ± 2½hrs on mainly surfaced and muram roads)

Day 4: Safari in Queen Elizabeth National Park, Game drive, boat trip on Kazinga Channel
We set out early in the morning for a game drive in the northern part of the park on the Kasenyi Track in search of lions, elephants, solitary buffaloes. This is the best time for opportunities of viewing the cats in action owing to the vast population of Uganda Kobs. We have an excellent chance to view just about every animal here at very close range. In the afternoon we will go for a launch trip along the Kazinga Channel. This gives you the opportunity to view wildlife up close: hippo’s huff and spray very close from the boat, buffalo linger in the shallow; elephants watering, and many other wildlife. At least 80% of the wildlife in Queen Elizabeth national park can be found along this Channel. The shores of the channel are also home to an array of birds including pink backed pelicans, pied and malachite kingfishers, saddle billed stork and many others.Overnight atUp-market option: Mweya Safari Lodge / Katara Lodge or Jacana Lodge / Enganzi lodge (luxury) Moderate option: Queen Elizabeth Safari Lodge or Simba Safari CampLow Budget option: Mweya Hostels or Kazinga Channel Lodge;Meals Included today: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner at the Lodge.

(Game Drive takes about 3 hours, boat trip takes 3 hours)

Day 5: Ishasha Sector for tree-climbing lions, and transfer to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
We drive through the Ishasha sector in search for the tree-climbing lions. Nowhere in Africa do you stand a better chance of seeing this than in the large low limbed fig trees of Ishasha. This game drive en route will expose you to some of the animals that you might have missed seeing while on your game drives in Kasenyi and Queens Mile.
Afterwards, we head towards the breathtaking adventures of Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park.Overnight atUp-market option: Buhoma Lodge/ Mahogany Springs LodgeModerate option: Engagi Lodge/ Silverback Lodge / Gorilla Safari Lodge/ Camp, RuhijaLow Budget option: Buhoma Community Restcamp or Ruhija Gorilla Friends / gorilla valley lodge /Travellers hotelMeals Included today: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner at the Lodge. (Game Drive takes about 2 hours, driving to Bwindi 3 hours)

Day 6: Gorilla trekking (Bwindi Impenetrable NP) other primates
You will surely enjoy these two days! After breakfast, proceed for the morning briefing before enjoying the highlight of the trip- Gorilla trekking, which may last the entire day. We trek through the rainforest and bamboo covered slopes, accompanied by a guide and trackers, in search of a mountain gorilla family. The walking can sometimes be tough and long, but when you catch a glimpse of the magnificent silverback, any discomforts will be quickly forgotten. When sighted, visitors will be guided to within 6 metres from the gorillas, sit around them for a whole hour while gazing into their big round eyes.
Gorilla trekking is unpredictable. It's difficult to foresee how many hours you will hike. The gorilla excursion can take from 2 up to 8 hours. Expect to walk along distance in steep and muddy conditions, sometimes with rain overhead, before you encounter any gorillas. A good physical condition is recommended. For conservation purposes, time spent with the gorillas is limited to one hour. A ranger will brief you on how to behave with the gorillas.

While most of today's forests are no more than 12,000 years old, Bwindi's vegetation has been weaving itself into tangles over at least 25,000 years, in the process accumulating a lengthy species list. This includes 310 species of butterfly, 51 reptiles, 200 trees, 88 moths and an exceptional 120 types of mammal including 10 primates. The latter includes chimpanzee, L'Hoest's, red tailed and blue monkey, black and white colobus, baboon, and Bwindi's most famous resident, the mountain gorilla. Bwindi is a prime destination for birdwatchers. Its 350 species include seven which are IUCN red data listed and 90% of all Albertine rift endemics, species which are difficult or impossible to see in any other part of East Africa.Overnight atUp-market option: Buhoma Lodge/ Mahogany Springs LodgeModerate option: Engagi Lodge/ Silverback Lodge / Gorilla Safari Lodge/ Camp, RuhijaLow Budget option: Buhoma Community Restcamp or Ruhija Gorilla Friends / gorilla valley lodge /Travellers hotelMeals Included today: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner at the Lodge.

Day 7: Drive to Kampala
Early breakfast before embarking on our return to Kampala, driving down the grassed and terraced escarpments of southwestern Uganda while taking in the breathtaking sights of the hills of the region dubbed ‘the little Switzerland of Africa’. This area is a highly fertile, mountainous region with steep sided hills covered from top to bottom in neatly terraced cultivated rows. Not to miss as we traverse Mbarara are the impressing long horn Ankole cattle. A remarkable highlight of this journey is the Equator line and surely you will cross it as we have a brief stop here. We will be in Kampala in the evening before for your flight back home.

Included : Complementary arrival and departure airport transfers, gorilla trek permits, chimps tracking permit, other game viewing permits, meals indicated on programme, drinking water, experienced driver/guide, accommodation as per programme, park fees for the various parks, transport on tour as well as hotel transfers, entrance fees for tours mentioned in the programme, boat rides as on the program, white water rafting, Equator

Excluded : Tips for drivers and other staff, bank charges involved, flight tickets and departure taxes, travel documentation (visas), travel and medical insurance, optional excursion, beverages other than mineral water in the vehicle, Meals not indicated on your detailed itinerary.

Monday, 4 January 2016

Over view ;
Tour gorillas in Rwanda and Uganda in just 11 days. You will track gorilla in Bwindi national park of Uganda and volcanoes national park of Rwanda. Gorilla tracking is the most fascinating wildlife adventure in the jungles of African ; You will search for Mountain gorillas in the impenetrable slippery forested mountain slopes of Bwindi and Volcanoes until get so close about 7-2 meters to the gentle rare mountain gorillas. You will watch gorillas go about their life feeding the gorillas feeding,playing their acrobatic stents, young ones swing between branches of trees or rolling with one another. Mountain Gorillas are too gentle despite their gigantic size, how ever you will have to give way when ever they come close to you to avoid ant provocation of attack on you as shall be guided by your guides. You may also visit the dian fossey tombs on this tour, to pay tribute to the lady who researched and put her life at risk for the sake preserving mountain gorillas in Uganda and Rwanda which later caused her death.
This Uganda Rwanda tour will expose you to other Uganda wild gave attractions in several of her game parks such as Queen Elizabeth NP, where you shall see low land and tree climbing Lions,Elephants, Buffaloes, Worth hogs, Crocodiles on top several bird species.

Detailed itinerary ;Day 1: Kampala to Queen Elizabeth National Park.
Have breakfast and drive to Queen Elizabeth National Park which is about 420km via Mbarara and 410km via Kasese about 5-6 hours from Kampala on surface road via Mbarara. On arrival you will have lunch and then spend the rest of the afternoon at leisure. Dinner and overnight at the lodge of choice depending on the class of safari chosen.Accommodation Up-market option: Mweya Safari Lodge /Katara Lodge or Jacana Lodge / Enganzi lodge (luxury)Moderate option: Queen Elizabeth Safari Lodge or Simba Safari CampLow Budget option: Mweya Hostels or Kazinga Channel Lodge;Meals Included today: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner at the Lodge.

Day 2: game drive and launch cruise
Have breakfast and then go for an early morning game drive then return to your lodge for a late breakfast and later on your lunch. In the afternoon go for a launch cruise along the Kazinga channel where you will spot various water birds and animals. Dinner and overnight at the lodge of choice depending on the class of safari chosen.Accommodation Up-market option: Mweya Safari Lodge /Katara Lodge or Jacana Lodge / Enganzi lodge (luxury) Moderate option: Queen Elizabeth Safari Lodge or Simba Safari CampLow Budget option: Mweya Hostels or Kazinga Channel Lodge;Meals Included today: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner at the Lodge.Day 3: Chimpanzee tracking in Kyambura Gorge plus a nature walk.
Have breakfast and leave for chimpanzee trekking in Kyambura Gorge to track the fast moving and indefinable chimpanzees. After lunch go for a nature walk in Maramagambo Forest to see other primates, the bat cave and the blue lake.
Return to the lodge of choice depending on the class of safari chosen.Accommodation Up-market option: Mweya Safari Lodge /Katara Lodge or Jacana Lodge / Enganzi lodge (luxury)Moderate option: Queen Elizabeth Safari Lodge or Simba Safari CampLow Budget option: Mweya Hostels or Kazinga Channel Lodge;Meals Included today: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner at the Lodge.

Day 4: Ishasha sector tour.
After breakfast you will drive to Inshasha sector, on arrival you will go for a game drive, where you might spot tree climbing lions, and other animals like elephants,,Buffaloes, monkeys,antelope species,baboons and birds among others. Return to the lodge for lunch and relax the rest of the afternoon. Dinner and overnight at the lodge of choice depending on the class of safari chosen.

Day 6: Gorilla trekking
Have breakfast and then go for a briefing and after go for trekking, this could take 1-8 hours depending on the movements of these gorillas. Return to the lodge for dinner and overnight.

Day 7: Transfer to Rwanda.
After breakfast you will transfer to Rwanda. Arrive in time for lunch, then proceed to Parc Nationale des volcanoes. Dinner and overnight at the lodge of choice depending on the class of safari chosen.Up-market: Mountain Gorilla View Lodge or Gorillas Nest Lodge Moderate: La Palme Hotel or Volcanoes Gorilla Lodge Low Budget: Kinigi Guest House or Muhavura Lodge.

Day 8: Gorilla trekking.
After breakfast, you will drive to the park headquarters where you will meet the ranger guides. After the briefing you will begin the search of mountain Gorillas. The trek can be quite tough that it takes a lot of time approximately 2-8 hours. After the trekking, Transfer to Nyungwe forest. Dinner and Overnight at the lodge of choice depending on the class of safari chosen

Day 9: Chimpanzee trekking safari.
After breakfast go for chimp trekking, you may spot other primates like the colobus monkeys plus viewing other inhabitants of the forest like birds and butterflies, return to the lodge for late lunch. After lunch relax at the lodge. Dinner and overnight as above

Day 10: Have optional relaxed activities in Kivu.
Have breakfast, drive to Gisenyi and participate in optional relaxing/leisure activities like swimming, a boat ride and sun bathing that will refresh you from the tiresome activities. Dinner and overnight at the lodge Overnight at: Luxury lodge (Up-market): Serena Lake Kivu Hotel
Moderate: Lake Kivu Gorilla Hotel
Low Budget: Paradise Malahide

Day 11: Departure
Have breakfast and transfer back to Kigali, you may do a city tour with a visit to the cultural museum in Butare enroute, visit the genocide memorial site.
Then transfer to the airport for your departure flight

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